FARLEY ON MURDER

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The warfare playing out in the streets of Tobago is unacceptable. This from Chief Secretary Farley Augustine who told TV6 News on Sunday the people of Tobago are running out of patience and firm action must be taken by Tobago police in the fight against crime. Elizabeth Williams has this report.
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00:00The warfare playing out on the streets is unacceptable.
00:05This morning, I received assurances from the top-level management of the TTPS
00:14that they are in fact pursuing meaningful intelligence
00:18and that we will be able to see some positive results soon.
00:23However, I want to warn them that Tobago is running out of patients.
00:29People are slowly starting to believe that the TTPS is incapable of the job at hand.
00:34Chief Secretary Fahli Agustin told TV6 News
00:37while the police are yet to get a handle on the crime situation in Tobago,
00:42criminals remain calculated and well organised.
00:46They are very well organised.
00:48They have a clear and structured hierarchy within their ranks.
00:53They are multilateral in nature,
00:55meaning they are operating across varying jurisdictions.
00:59They control significant portions of the Caribbean region's music and entertainment industry.
01:06They seem to be efficient in their planning
01:10and much more efficient in executing their work plans.
01:14And they make considerable profits from both their legal and illegal businesses.
01:21Mr Agustin also weighed in on the US $100,000 bounty placed on the head of Plumpy Boss,
01:28stating the Caribbean region is in trouble where crime is concerned.
01:34If what I'm reading in the Express today is true about the nature of that crime,
01:41then the Caribbean region is in trouble.
01:44But for us in Tobago, we have to find a way in leading a response against this kind of antisocial behaviour.
01:53Agustin said there must be a massive radical clean-up of blocks across Tobago
01:59as criminals must be made uncomfortable
02:02because low-abiding citizens cannot continue to live in fair.
02:06Agustin said he intends to speak to Tobegonians on the matter in the coming days.
02:12Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.